Support stand with spider legs



May 8, 1956 w. MYERS 2,744,711

SUPPORT STAND WITH SPIDER LEGS Filed May 16, 1951 IN VENTOR WILLIAM H MYERS ATTORNEY United States Patent SUPPORT STAND WITH SPIDER LEGS William H. Myers, Waterloo, Ind., assignor, by mesne assignments, of one-half to Lewis C. Schaelfer, Fremont, 1nd,, and one-half to Harry Lemmons, Dallas, Tex.

Application May 16, 1951, Serial No. 226,562

1 Claim. (Cl. 248--165) This invention relates to support stand of spider leg arrangement and more particularly to a demountable support stand for domestic food cutters, juice extractors and the like.

It is an object of the invention to provide a support stand composed of individual leg components which can be readily demounted to save space for storage, transport and merchandising but can be readily assembled to form a support stand of sturdy construction.

Further objects and advantages of the invention, residing in the construction, arrangement and combination of parts will appear clear from a consideration of the following description of one practical embodiment of the invention given by way of example and with reference to the accompanying drawings in which:

Fig. I is a top plan view of a leg stand construction in accordance with the invention, with the leg components in assembled relation,

Fig. II is an underneath plan view of the main leg component of this stand construction,

Fig. III is a side elevation of Fig. II,

Fig. IV is an underneath fragmentary plan view of one of the secondary leg components showing the end finger portion which fits into the main leg component,

Fig. V is a part sectional view on the line V--V of Fig. I, and

Fig. VI is an elevational view of the assembled leg stand with a food chopper shown mounted thereon.

Referring to the drawings the improved leg stand construction is built up from a series of separate leg components composed of a main leg component, indicated generally at 10, and a pair of similar and secondary leg components, indicated generally at 12.

Each of the three leg components is of similar construction as to its formation with a downwardly directed bent outer end portion 14, to which there is afiixed a cushion pad 16 of rubber or the like. Each said pad may be constructed as a suction pad, as shown in Fig. III, and each pad may be secured upon its leg portion 14 by the engagement of a reduced peg portion 18 on the leg portion in a reduced sleeve portion 20 of the pad.

The main leg component 10, at its inner end, remote from its pad 16, is formed with two diverging arms 22, which are undercut on their bottom surfaces to provide a pair of channel-shape recesses 24, open at one end 26 and closed at their opposite ends 28. These recesses are shaped so as slidably to receive finger portions 30 projecting from the inner ends of the secondary leg components 12. The recesses are inclined relatively to one another, in the direction of the arms 22, to correspond with the required angular relationship of the leg components of the stand construction. This, in the particular example illustrated is shown as composed of three legs disposed in 120 angular relationship.

The finger projections 30 are shown formed with openings 32 for receiving screw-studs 34, the heads 36 of which fit into the counterbores 38 and which studs are screwed into the screw-threaded openings 40 in the arm portions 22 so as detachably to secure the secondary leg components 12 in position upon the main leg component 10.

The end edge portions 42 of the arm portions 22 of the main leg component 10 are formed as part of a convolution of a cylinder to interfit with the correspondingly formed end edge portions 44 of the secondary leg components 12, when the latter are affixed upon the main leg component by the engagement of the finger projections 30 in their recesses 24 and the attachment of the screw studs 34.

On its upper surface, at the junction of the arm portions 22 with the leg portion proper of the main leg component 10, the latter is formed with an upstanding peg 46, which peg is shown in Fig. I as being of wedge shape and serves for the attachment to the assembled leg stand of a domestic food chopper, indicated generally at 48 in Fig. VI.

When assembled, as shown, the support stand is of sturdy construction but can be readily dismantled simply by removing the screw studs 34. These are concealed beneath the center of the stand structure so are maintained clear of juices and the like which may spill from the food cutter or juice extractor, whereas the interfitting edge portions 42 and 44 form an efficient self-sealing arrangement precluding ready ingress of such juices to the screw-studs. These, therefore, are protected from corrosion by such juices.

What I claim and desire to protect by Letters Patent is:

A three-legged spider leg stand comprising a pair of similar detachable legs and a third leg having an integral pedestal portion from which said pair of detachable legs are detachably connected and supported thereby, said pair of legs each having a horizontal portion with an abutment shoulder at its inner end and a step down attachment tongue projecting from and beyond said shoulder, a down turned foot portion upon the outer end of each of said legs, said pedestal portion of said third leg having three radial arm portions, one of which is integral with said third leg with the remaining two arm portions presenting complementary shoulder portions to abut with said shoulders of said pair of legs, said remaining two arms having undercut recesses on the underside thereof to receive said attachment tongues with said shoulders in abutting relationship, and means for detachably connecting said tongues in said recess for rigidly mounting all of said legs relative to each other.

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